Picture-support.



No. 64|,644. Patented Jan. l6, I900. E. ULDENBUSCH.

PIBTURE SUPPORT.

(Application filed July 18, 1899.) (No Modal.)

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST OLDENBUSOI-I, OF WEEHAWKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE KRONHEIMER, OLDENBUSOH & COMPANY.

PICTURE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,644, dated January 16, 1900.

Application filed July 18. 1899.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST OLDENBUSCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weehawken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Easels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in easels; and the object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive easel having an adjustable backstay or support. I attain this object by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a View in perspective of my improved easel. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View taken at the line 0000, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a member of the hinge, and Fig. 4 is the backstay or support.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The hinge member I) is formed of a sheet of metal or other material having extending across its central portion a horizontal outwardly-projecting socket or series of sockets c c and a stop (1, produced out of the metal hinge by outlines and a score-line e e. The

edges f f f of the hinge member I) may be bent over to bind the hinge to the face-plate a, or, if preferred, it may be attached by rivets or in any other desired manner.

The upper or horizontal portion 9 g 01": the backstay or support is provided with a bent portion g to engage the stop (1, and the sup- Serial No. 724,229. (No model.)

porting ends 9 9 may be finished in any desired shape or manner. This support is attached' to the face-plate a by passing the horizontal portions 9 g through the outwardlyprojecting socket or series of sockets c c. If preferred, a T-shaped support may be used. The bent portion g of the bar g gmay be dis- 4o pensed with by forming the stop by cut lines at the ends of the outwardly-projecting socket c c to engage with the side bars g g of the backstay or support.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a support for pictures or similar articles a sheet-metal hinge member provided with a socket bent out of the plane of the hinge and one or more outwardly and downwardly extending stops in combination with one or more pivotally-connected supportingrods substantially as shown and described.

2. The improved support for pictures and similar articles consisting of the face-plate a, 5 5 the sheet-metal hinge member I) having an outwardly-projecting socket and a stop partially cut out of the sheet-metal hinge member, in combination with a pivotally-connected backstay or support having at its upper end a downwardly-bent portion 9 substantially as shown and described.

. ERNEST OLDENBUSCH.

Witnesses:

JUSTIN S. GALLAND, WM. ALLAN FAER. 

